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DragonBones pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for DragonBones. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the game development tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, DragonBones pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The DragonBones catalogue entry carries no price and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the DragonBones review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full DragonBones feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Skeletal animation
- Mesh deformation
- IK system
- Texture atlas
- Animation blending
- Bone constraints
- FFD
- Multi-resolution
Integrations
- Unity
- Cocos2d-x
- Egret
- Phaser
- PixiJS
Deployment
- Local deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
Localization
- JavaScript language support
- TypeScript language support
- C++ language support
People bring DragonBones in for 2d skeletal animation for javascript and typescript game engines, cross-engine animation library for indie game development, animation creation with loongbones editor. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to DragonBones are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Game Development
Too few game development tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DragonBones (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Perforce Helix Core | Free | quote | - | vs DragonBones |
| Photon Engine | Free, then $9/month | Per month by peak concurrent users | - | vs DragonBones |
| Cocos Creator | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs DragonBones |
| GDevelop | Free | free | - | vs DragonBones |
| GameMaker Studio 2 | Free | freemium | - | vs DragonBones |
| Cocos2d-x | Free | free | - | vs DragonBones |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the DragonBones badges page.
Before you pay for DragonBones
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
DragonBones runs on egret, pixijs, phaser, hilo, cocos creator, and is published by Egret Technology of Beijing, China. The full record is on the DragonBones review, and the rest of the category is under best game development tools.
DragonBones pricing questions
- How much does DragonBones cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for DragonBones, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does DragonBones have a free plan?
- Yes, DragonBones is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which game development tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 game development tools listed alongside DragonBones have a free tier: Perforce Helix Core, Photon Engine, Cocos Creator, GDevelop, GameMaker Studio 2.
- What am I actually paying for with DragonBones?
- The record lists 19 features across 5 areas: other, integrations, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for 2d skeletal animation for javascript and typescript game engines, cross-engine animation library for indie game development, animation creation with loongbones editor.
- Does DragonBones charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these DragonBones prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare DragonBones against before paying?
- The closest game development tools in this directory are Perforce Helix Core, Photon Engine, Cocos Creator, GDevelop. Each has a side-by-side comparison with DragonBones covering price, platforms and features.